Chapter 20

Naruto came to Hongxing Palace, but before he met Ling Yi, he met Gojo Satoru first. Gojo Satoru was also a little surprised to see him.

"I want to ask Principal Gojo a question about spells." Naruto explained why he came.

"Have you seen him here?" Gojo Satoru asked another question.

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I got lost on my first day here, and I met Principal Gojo here. It was Principal Gojo who took me back to the dormitory."

"As expected." Gojo Satoru had noticed before that the barrier of Hongxing Palace was the same as the barrier that trapped the high school. Since Ling Yi could enter and exit the high school, then entering and exiting Hongxing Palace would naturally not be a problem.

And that guy was not in the dormitory at night, nor was he seen anywhere else in the technical high school, so the most likely person was in Hongxing Palace. Now after hearing what Naruto said, he was even more certain.

Principal Wu was originally reluctant to talk about the game and the technical high school. Based on the principle of respecting "his own" choice, he did not continue to ask. But today, he heard some things about the outside world from the NPC, and he could not calm down, so he came to see Principal Wu again.

He came to see someone, not necessarily to get a definite answer, because he understood his own temper, and things that had been decided could not be easily changed. But he still came, because the irritability in his heart could not be solved by fighting with Sukuna or Hisoka. Maybe beating up "himself" would be better? But the premise for doing so was that he had to meet another self first...

Gojo Satoru looked at the Hongxing Palace in front of him. It was clearly within reach, but he couldn't get in. A barrier separated him from another him, and also separated them in experience. For the first time, he deeply felt that although they were both Gojo Satoru, they were also two different individuals.

Otherwise, if he beat himself up right now, wouldn't he be able to resolve his unhappiness? Why wait here, Gojo Satoru thought to himself with self-mockery. He raised his eyes and took a last look in the direction of the Hongxing Palace. Now that he knew that NPCs could communicate during the day, he would find out the truth sooner or later. Instead of waiting here now, he might as well wait until dawn...

Gojo Satoru turned and left. Naruto, who was left alone, didn't know what happened. He watched Gojo Satoru's figure completely disappear. When he turned back, he found that the door of Hongxing Palace had been opened at some point, and Ling Yi walked out from inside, just like the first day they met here.

[Ahhh, why did the player Wu leave? If we wait a little longer, we can meet the principal Wu! ]

[Are the five cats angry? ]

[It feels like Principal Wu is deliberately avoiding the issue]

[You are the same person, why can't you be honest with each other! ]

[Who said that Principal Satoru had turned evil? Now when I look at Principal Satoru’s expression, it always seems very dark]

[Don’t scare me in front, it’s probably because of the dim light]

[Where is the darkness? It's obviously because it's night and cloudy!!]

[It has been cloudy in the past few days]

[He was injured for no apparent reason before, and now he is avoiding everyone and coming to Hongxing Palace. I feel like Principal Wu is hiding something important.]

[Didn’t the NPC say that it’s a mess outside? Principal Satoru is looking for a solution, right?]

[I agree. Rotten Orange has been holding us back and plotting, and Brain Flower has bad intentions too. Principal Wu must be under a lot of pressure.]

[Player Wu is here, and there are three other players. Can they help? 】

[But the players will leave after the game ends. Wasn't there only a seven-day deadline at the beginning? Let the players find out the reason within seven days and help the teachers and students of the technical college out of trouble]

[I suddenly have a bad feeling. Why is the time limit seven days? What will happen after seven days? ]

[According to the general infinite game settings, when the time limit is reached, either the boss turns evil and the player is in danger, or the world is destroyed and the player is in danger]

[Ugh, ugh, no! The only one who can be the boss in this game is Principal Wu.]

[There are still brains hidden in the dark]

[What if the world is destroyed? ]

[Don’t scare people in the beginning. The time limit is just to increase the difficulty of the game for players...]

Before, Naruto could sense the power of cursed energy, but it was very vague. Since he learned to refine cursed energy, he can see things related to cursed energy very clearly.

In the classroom in the morning, Ling Yi was stained with some faint residual cursed energy. It was very faint, so it disappeared quickly. But now he saw residual cursed energy on Ling Yi again, and it was different from the cursed energy he saw in the morning. In addition, Ling Yi's expression seemed very tired, and he remembered that the other party had been injured.

"Principal Gojo, are you okay?" Naruto asked with concern.

Because of the bad weather, the nightclub of the technical college was shrouded in an indelible darkness. And because there were few people, almost no sound could be heard, adding a hint of deathly silence to the darkness. The white-haired young man was completely enveloped by the shadow in front of the Hongxing Palace, and was so silent that he seemed to have completely merged into the endless darkness.

There was no answer. Naruto blinked in confusion. He looked at Ling Yi and felt that he seemed to be staring at something ahead. He turned his head and saw that there were probably players in the dormitory at this time. The lights were on in the dormitory building. He could vaguely see a little light from here. Apart from that, there was only one road behind him. He could walk back to the dormitory along the road. Gojo Satoru had just left from here. He didn't know whether Ling Yi was looking at the light, or Gojo Satoru who had just left, or both...

More and more often, Naruto began to feel that the player Gojo Satoru beside him and the principal Gojo Satoru here were not the same person. For example, at this moment, one of them was still in the shadows, while the other had already walked towards the light.

This gradually receding composition in front of him deeply touched Naruto, because he remembered the situation between himself and Sasuke, and remembered Sasuke who insisted on throwing himself into the darkness. Looking at Ling Yi at this time, he suddenly wanted to step forward and pull him out of the shadows...

At this moment, Jiu Lama in the sealed space suddenly spoke up and interrupted him: "Little ghost, don't get close to that person again."

Naruto stopped where he was, his consciousness sinking into the sealed space.

Since Ling Yi entered the sealed space last time, Jiu Lama was more certain of the danger of this person, so he reminded Naruto several times. However, this time, before Naruto could refute, the negative Naruto who had been on the same side with him spoke first.

"Why do you have a prejudice against Principal Gojo?"

"..." Jiu Lama stared at him with scarlet eyes. After confirming that it was Negative Naruto who was speaking, he still couldn't believe it. "Have you forgotten how you appeared here?"

The negative Ming Ren was caught by Ling Yi, and this guy actually wants to speak for Ling Yi?

"It was Principal Gojo who summoned me." Negative Naruto replied, "Does this have anything to do with your prejudice against the principal?"

Jiu Lama: “…”

Naruto couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. He said to Kurama: "Hey, Kurama, Principal Gojo is a very good person."

"Although I don't agree with your other ideas, I think you are right about Principal Gojo." Negative Naruto followed and agreed with Naruto's words.

Jiu Lama was instantly isolated and helpless. He looked at the two Ming people inside and outside, and became very frustrated. He began to speak harshly: "Do you think I want to control your life or death?"

It was not forced to be tied up, and entered the game together. Since it didn't listen to the advice, it didn't care, and Jiu Lama turned into a sleeping fox again...

"What brings you here, Naruto?"

The sudden sound in his ears brought Naruto back to his senses. He blinked and found that Ling Yi had stood in front of him at some point.

Naruto was still a little dazed. After a while, he responded: "Principal Gojo."

"Well, is Mingren here to see me?" Ling Yi asked again.

Naruto nodded, thinking of the negative Naruto who suddenly appeared in the sealed space, he told his problem and then asked: "How can I make him disappear?"

The white-haired young man pursed his pale lips, his face looked even darker and more haggard in the night, and there was an indescribable gloomy temperament about him. Under his gaze, I asked him back, "Is it difficult to accept?"

The young man's tone was a little vague, and Naruto felt that this sentence did not seem to be an answer to his question, but rather like he was talking to himself. However, the question still stunned him.

He remembered the negative Naruto arguing with the Nine-Tails in the sealed space just now, and agreed with his point of view, and suddenly he didn't know how to answer...

Naruto couldn't give an answer for a moment. He felt that he was trapped by another self born from negative emotions, and the white-haired young man in front of him seemed to be immersed in some of his own emotions. They were silent for a long time until the young man spoke again to break the silence.

"Can you make yourself disappear?" The young man's voice was much more genuine than before, and his temperament was brighter, as if he had returned to being the principal who easily solved problems for him in class during the day.

Principal Gojo faced him, and even though there was gauze wrapped around his eyes, he still had a feeling that he was being looked directly at, and even his soul was being seen through.

"There is no perfect person in this world. The source of cursed energy itself is hidden deep in everyone's heart, negative, bad, and even dark emotions."

"Accept him and let him become the power in your hands. This is the spell."